1st Grow - Critical Cheese

Hello Readers! This is my first grow inside and I am very excited for the journey ahead! My state recently voted in favor of recreational marijuana so its time to start my grow. The Strain is Critical Cheese, I have my girls in a 32"X32"X63" grow tent that I bought from Amazon. Above the Girls I have a VIPARSPECTRA Reflector-Series 450W LED Grow Light that I also snagged from Amazon. My clones arrived today so I put them in the tent and started the 18/6 light cycle.

Transplanted from the solo cups around day 7 from getting the clones. The girls are now in 5 gal fabric pots, but are only using about 3-3.5 gal so i rolled the top over. The soil was pretty moist so I did not feel a need to water right away so I let them hang in the new soil for a day under the lights then gave them both a drink. I did not measure but I would say they both got a half gallon of filtered water. I started bending the plants over a few days in a row and then after about 3 days of it I started to tie them down. These girls are looking fantastic and healthy as far as I can tell. Very happy to report a good week. I also talk to these plants EVERY DAY, I touch them and move them around while I talk to them, about them! it may seem silly but Ive read it is good for plants, and I enjoy doing it... so why not?! =) tomorrow I am going to start playing music for them too, maybe 10 min a day. Ill be sure to turn off the LED for the next set of photos. Thanks for your patience as I learn the ropes. Happy growing!

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Ive been taking photos very often but i keep slacking on uploading The girls are thriving in the fabric pots and i began tieing some limps out in the direction i want them to grow

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we had a snow storm come through recently and lost power and heat for almost 3 days, to my surprise the girls survived it and bounced right back and healthy as all can be,

I believe Ive missed a couple weeks so I'm trying to correct that by making this week 8 which is what i believe it to be in these photos. I had a aphid problem so I sprayed some stuff I got from the local grow shop on the plants and all the bugs dropped dead within 24 hours. ill be doing another spray this coming week to get any of the babies that may have hatched that I didn't get the first round. It didn't seem to effect the plants at all

I flipped the bloom switch on as advised by another grower but that first day was to much for the girls and they suffered heat stress and fell almost completely over. I shut the Veg off after that 1st day and left it off for 3 days or so. I turned the Veg switch back on after letting the girls recover and perk back up and they seem to be OK with the extra light now. I'm unsure when I should switch over to flower...i read about the plant stretching and gaining twice its height but a lot of small tent grows Ive seen don't seem to get that extra long stretch. I'm running only 1 - 450 watt LED unit, does anyone have any advice ? netting added to open up the middle of the plant and to get the canopy uniform.